Credit: Asia Times.
The gloom in Washington must be deepening. Egypt is careering away from the alliance with the United States – and the bitter truth cannot be hidden or obfuscated anymore.
This is not how Washington expected the “right side of history” to play out. The Arab Spring has borne a strange fruit in Egypt – a pure breed, unlike the hybrids in Tunisia, Libya or Yemen.
Any state can only follow a truly independent path when they do not rely on ‘aid’ (with strings attached). Let’s see how long Egypt can afford to follow an independent policy.